BlueLyon

Wasnt he Al ain bound few weeks ago already?

He is not neccessary barca player. If next president of barca isnt Bartomeu, and whoever it is and dont like Arda, Turan could be sold for 10% discount

But he didnt say no sterling. The cunt might know something..

There is always Malouda if Shaqiri says no. Bit rusty, but will give us edge on experience.

Dont worry we will sign Song, Shaqiri and Rudiger

Could be arda to barca...implying he will sit on bench for next 6 month

I would just love to see some faces here if Arda performs well in barca and people will be smart like why didnt we try to sign him blah blah...

I think we were/are interested in him and he wanted us (even agent said he prefers move to PL), but he will end up in barca for some odd reason. There is one thing I dont get. If Barca is offering 25m, and we only 20m, but Atletico is willing to sell Barca because they are offering more, shouldnt they consider selling him to non-liga team? Its bit stupid, strenghtening your rival just to get 5m more. The move makes little sense however you look. Turan said he wants PL, he wont get to play for six months in barca, barca would be loaded if they sign both pogba and turan, while atletico shouldnt give one of their best players to la liga rival to widen the gap even more... Could well this be bullshit from Bartomeu himself. Barca trying to sign Pogba, but telling media they are interested in Turan (convenient because he said couple days earlier that he is looking to leave), so that they show Juve they aint desperate with Pogba, aiming to lower the price...dunno anything is possible. Anyway there has been too much drama about this transfer, Ill just wait till official announcement from whoever club he ends up in.

Casillas was shit for last three years, but you cant take away his career as whole. World cups and euro, 3 CL, 7 la liga titles. Till Mou benched him, he was one if not best GK for several years, along Buffon. But he turned quite shit after that and last three years he was overrated as fuck. He become realy good at very young age (around 19), but declined quickly too. After 30, he wasnt the same. Hopefuly this wont happen with Tibo.

Salah to sign extension.

Thanks that explains alot, and althrough its not known if Enrique does or doesnt want Pogba, but I thought he wants Turan as Bartomeu said many times, however its known that Bartomeu is a jerk. I got feeling that Pogba is more question of political interests, trying to bring top player, etc. I guess there is no need for Enrique to bring new star midfielder, and on point one that will cost 80+, while they still have Iniesta and Rakitic who fit in Enrique plan perfectly. Those two werent weak point of barca that needs to be strenghten. However they need good player that will replace Xavi and play quite amount of games; Turan seems nearly perfect choice. Thats why I think Enrique might believe it would be wiser to bring Turan than Pogba, given the situation, price and fact that Turan would accept non regular role much sooner than Pogba, but obviously he wont say no to Pogba if president candidates want him.

What the fuck is barca board doing anyway? If Enrique who brought them treble last season, wants Turan, its pretty simple they should buy Turan. Telling people I will sign Pogba just to get more votes while Pogba is not even wanted by Enrique is pretty bad thing to do. Anyway if Barca sign Turan, City sign Sterling, while Reus, Bale and rest wont move, and we will stick to Cuadrado and Willian for another year, than I will be quite dissapointed.

While I agree we shouldnt just throw money away just because other clubs demand it, the Nathan point was nailed on. I doubt Nathan or Kenedy will ever touch SB, yet we spent 12m or more on them. So they are here to bring more money eventualy. That means we are ready to splash money to generate more money, but not splash the same amount of money to get more success (as bringing Arda or Begovic would certainly improve us but we are apparently short 6m for Arda and 2m for Begovic). Kinda absurd since FFP is even less threatening than ever.

Cant wait for fifa 16 can you

Seriously, my only concern is that Mou will actualy use him as second choice for quite some time, regardless of his form, or even if Remy will score more in time given. Last year, Drogba was given many chances ahead of Remy, despite not doing that well, while Remy had decent record. Falcao is still a big name and thats why Mou might simply prefer him to Remy, but dunno, maybe not. To make clear, I will be seriously pissed if Falcao will be given chances, even if underperforming, while more efficient Remy will sit on bench.

In three years we will hopefuly have a player on RW that will make us forget Salah, regardless of how good he ends up to be.

Begovic would certainly replace Weidenfeller indeed. But Bvb has no CL football for next season and who knows what will happen if things dont work out for them in future.

Just imagine Atletico replacing Arda with Gotze Would be a massive coup and I would look forward to that team. About Gotze here, not sure he would be the player we need. Big talent, kinda stalled for past two years, but was realy entertaining back then in BVB.

Its like reverse psychology. We all say how shit he is, no one expects nothing, so almost anything will be a success. Unlike torres when we had massive expectations and he turned flop, this time we give falcao no chance I will be glad if he proves me wrong, if he doesnt, well atleast I and majority of forum was right.

Moses had quite good loan didnt he? Sure we can sell him to swansea, west brom etc for 8-10m, no?

El nino, el tigre, el shito...we never learn

Dont like second and third, we had simliar colour last and season before, just this time the design is even worse. Home kit, I will get used to. Its blue kit with chelsea badge on after all.

Small brain, big heart. Il Gueirero Hopefuly wont end up in real. Too good for their antics.

The rumour is that Real will be absolute shite next year and battle for third place

He can exploit space, but when opponents give us that much space I ask you? Neither is Shaqiri a natural goalscorer. He MIGHT become good, but he is exactly what we dont want now; another gamble on RW ala Salah, Schurrle, xyz. I prefer experienced player, Turan might be slower, but he can break through with ball at his feet easier and quicker than majority of available players, he uses ball control for that, which is more useful than pace alone here. Plus he was told to track Ronaldo number of times, if he was able to catch up with Ronaldo, he aint that slow either. Turan is slower player, but he aint slow. Thats a myth. He doesnt use pace like Iniesta doesnt, but that doesnt make them useless. Plus I dont know why everyone assume he will play on flank. First of all he moves alot regardless of his ''tactical'' position. Secondly, he would probably be used in big games in middle instead of Oscar because he gives same mobility, speed, tracking back, but more balance, more reliable with ball which could trigger faster counter attacks with Haz and Willian on flanks. For games with little space, he could play on wing next to oscar and Hazard and trust me he would be alot more useful in close spaces than any winger whos main strenght is pace. As for your remark on me ''going to inter forum''. I infact watch Inter and Atletico games as I mentioned before, The only reason I watch their games and read their forums is because two slovenian gks play there; Handanovic and Oblak and I watched majority of these two team's games. But I only mentioned inter forum to tell you that Im not the only one who saw how average Shaqiri was, many others there think the same. They see him as nice prospect, he has been there for only six months, so they are not ready to just give up on him, but if the only chance to get Salah (they realy want him) is to sell Shaqiri, then almost everyone would do it. And I would infact too. Shaqiri is quite frustrating to watch, his dribbles usualy end up in waste. And he doesnt score much goals either. So dont sell me that stuff. I wont go into if you actualy watch them, if you do fine, but if you say Shaq is better player than Arda, better for us or better in any football sense, then I can safely assume you didnt watch either enough. The only downside about Arda is his age, but on other hand that is also advantage because of his experience and consistency. He delivers good games in 80% of time, while Shaq had about three good games for inter and was below expectations in rest. If you think dont want Arda because he will cost 25m and is already 28 (29 in january i think), then thats a fair argument, but regardless of that he is quality player, better than anything we have bar Hazard in that area. I wont be far if I say best RW option available right now, along with Sterling who has huge potential (but also huge price). In the end its all about who fits us in this team more. We have super pacy Willian, who does little for us attacking wise on wing, so saying we should bring someone because of pace is not best fact. Would prefer someone who can either keep the ball, balance the play, take pressure from Hazard and Cesc, because we had HUGE problem last season with keeping the ball against team that pressed us. Either winger with good hold up and playmaking ability, or someone who is proven goalscorer, on top of that either type must be a good worker too. Shaqiri is neither. Just because he has body that suits PL doesnt mean he is actualy usefull and resourceful with the ball. But if pace and body are key, then we might just sign Hulk aswell. About KDB, he is better player than Oscar, but wouldnt be solution to our midfield. If you think he would improve Mourinho team who sits deep and defends in majority of big games, think again. His passing range would be great for us, but he aint worker. Talking about quality, arguably Ibra was better striker than Milito, but its all about the type of player and what he can give to team apart from his main ability. Mou prefers certain type of players. And Kdb would not do better for Mou than Oscar because either his attacking stats would stagnate or we would be even weaker in midfield, because Oscar has defensive duties here, while KDB has free role in wolfsburg. If Oscar was more capable in attack, he would be perfect Mou #10. And next season he will have one last chance. I believe more than half of forum wants Oscar gone, but not replaced with KDB. We had Mata once who was perfect stats #10 man. Perfect. But not for Mou system and that what is all about.